# National Labor Relations Board v. International Medication Systems, Ltd.

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · April 8, 1981 · 640 F.2d 1110

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9467561

## Case

- **Full name:** NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. INTERNATIONAL MEDICATION SYSTEMS, LTD., Respondent
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** April 8, 1981
- **Citations:** 640 F.2d 1110
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Kennedy
- **Judges:** Alarcon, Kennedy, Wright
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9467561

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that, because Brimson requires that “chal­ lenges to agency subpoenas . . . be resolved by the judiciary before com pliance can be com pelled,” an agency c a n n o t a p p ly d is c o v e ry sanctions in re sp o n se to a p a rty 's re fu sa l to com ply w ith a subpoena
- reasoning that a court will enforce an agency subpoena if, inter alia, it "is not needlessly broad"
- reasoning that a court will enforce an agency subpoena if it is not needlessly broad
- applying adverse inference from failure to produce records

## Opinion text

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge,
concurring specially:
I concur in the result.

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